songzme

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by songzme 6y ago
noticed you didn't write any tests: https://github.com/mikecao/umami What was your reasoning? Personally, I write tests for all my projects, it forces me to really think hard about how to break down the different
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by songzme 6y ago
hn at hoie dot kim
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by songzme 6y ago
will reach out and we can bounce ideas :)
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by songzme 6y ago
thank you!
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by songzme 6y ago
it is open source: https://github.com/garageScript/c0d3-app It used to be closed source, but it was only because I wasn't confident about the quality of the codebase. Now it is much better. > My personal experi
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by songzme 6y ago
that is the plan. No phones between 8am - 8pm, like a true bootcamp :)
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by songzme 6y ago
You have a great story. Out of 100 people in abject poverty in the US, how many do you think ended up like you to "make it"? Rather than talk about your story and how you were able to "make it", I think it'll be rea
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by songzme 6y ago
> Everything has costs. Nothing is free. Public education funding has to come from somewhere so that educators can eat and classrooms can be built and maintained. If you believe that, then it will be true for you. Alot of things are free
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by songzme 6y ago
> You’ve proven that your approach doesn’t work, stop it! I haven't proven anything yet and I have learned alot. You seem to have reached a conclusion though, care to share how?
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by songzme 6y ago
good. It is difficult, but interesting.
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by songzme 6y ago
I don't think students should pay for education, correct. I would enjoy life more if education was free and I'm free to pursue whatever I wanted to learn. It would be even cooler if I was paid to learn so teachers get to experimen
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by songzme 6y ago
I'm not really comfortable talking about this because is just speculation and I don't have enough time / data to defend my position. If you have specific questions though please contact me.
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by songzme 6y ago
Thanks, but I've come to realize that I'm not altruistic so I want to clarify so you don't leave with the wrong message. I'm using my wealth to build a learning environment and remove obstacles so I can observe what the
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by songzme 6y ago
> ...but the value add for the students is probably more than they made otherwise with no upfront cost. I really don't want to set a precedence of charging students for something I don't think they should be paying for. I'
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by songzme 6y ago
You comment was downvoted but I upvoted it because you bring up a valid point. I've noticed first hand the free-rider problem and I have mixed feelings. I thought it was interesting that all students with the free-rider symptoms did no
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by songzme 6y ago
> Just wondering, how do you vet the people that apply? No vetting process, it was first come first served. As long as a student kept showing up, I will do everything I can to help. I don't advertise paying students, I offer it afte
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by songzme 6y ago
The way I see it, I'm paying to study how people learn and how people's standing in society affects their learning. It is very interesting and definitely opened my eyes and helped change my philosophy in life. I haven't lear
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by songzme 6y ago
2016 - While working as an engineer at Google, I decided to start a free coding bootcamp on the side. I believed I could teach anyone how to become a software engineer so I made a public post asking if anyone is interested in learning how t
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by songzme 6y ago
not enough engagement. If I reach out to students and engage in conversations with them regularly, they have a higher chance of following through. I start high up in the funnel, to pay utmost attention to students who are at the end (JS6).
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by songzme 6y ago
I have a hard time sorting through the ml logic vs the game logic, it would really help my learning (and others too) if the game logic was decoupled from the ml logic into 2 separate files.
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by songzme 6y ago
make sure to remember your promises to yourself. Many people get stuck in the fame and glamor and stop giving a shit.
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by songzme 6y ago
as they learn, I want them to build reliable open source products that will be useful and maintainable after they find jobs and leave. Since less experienced engineers are prone to making mistakes, TypeScript have been really helpful in mai
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by songzme 6y ago
Thank you, I updated.
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by songzme 6y ago
When students engage with me to ask questions, I usually just ask them directly: "If you decide that this isn't for you, please let me or someone else on the team know before you do so we understand how we can make this a better l
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by songzme 6y ago
good idea, probably the long term goal. We just got the engineering standards figured out, will slowly me towards that idea :)
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by songzme 6y ago
yes. Interactive in the sense that there is a chatroom and you can interact with other student mentors / engineers on there.
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by songzme 6y ago
really cool. Did you build the whole thing yourself? it has so many functionalities I can get lost digging and playing into this.
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by songzme 6y ago
I misspoke. I think hiring is more standardized within companies now, and it is trending that way. I can only speak for places I've worked at. Google has an internal interview committee to provide unbiased reviews. Before you interview
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by songzme 6y ago
I agree, I haven't had time to revisit it to improve the wording, will do it tonight. This is really what I meant: Our decision behind JavaScript: We want our students to understand technology at a conceptual level first, end to end: 1
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by songzme 6y ago
> software engineering is more than code. Software developers live, breathe, and puke software development. 100% agree. Which is why its important that students are working together on projects so they can write specs, documentation, tes

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